Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CARRIER LICENCE CHARGES) ACT 1997 No. 49 of 1997 - SECT 15

(1) The total of the charges that are imposed on carrier licences in force at
the beginning of a financial year must not exceed the sum of:

   (a)  the amount determined, by a written instrument made by the ACA, to be
        the proportion of the ACA's costs for the immediately preceding
        financial year that is attributable to the ACA's telecommunications
        functions and powers; and

   (b)  the amount determined, by a written instrument made by the ACCC, to be
        the proportion of the ACCC's costs for the immediately preceding
        financial year that is attributable to the ACCC's telecommunications
        functions and powers; and

   (c)  the amount determined, by a written instrument made by the ACA, to be
        the proportion of the Commonwealth's contribution to the budget of the
        International Telecommunication Union for the calendar year in which
        the beginning of the financial year occurs that is to be recovered
        from carriers; and

   (d)  the amount determined, in a written instrument made by the Minister,
        to be the estimated total amount of grants likely to be made during
        the financial year under section 593 of the Telecommunications  Act
        1997 .

(2) An instrument under subsection (1) must be notified in the Gazette before
the day on which the charges referred to in subsection (1) become due for
payment.

(3) An instrument under subsection (1) is a disallowable instrument for the
purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

(4) In this section:
ACA's telecommunications functions has the same meaning as in the
Australian Communications Authority Act 1997.
ACA's telecommunications powers has the same meaning as in the
Telecommunications Act 1997.
ACCC's telecommunications functions and powers has the same meaning as in the
Telecommunications Act 1997.
cost:

   (a)  in relation to the ACA, means an amount that, in accordance with
        accrual-based accounting principles, is treated as a cost of the ACA;
        and

   (b)  in relation to the ACCC, means an amount that, in accordance with
        accrual-based accounting principles, is treated as a cost of the ACCC.